Comments for Lakota Experience http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience Reflections on my Summer Experience in South Dakota Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:21:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on Visiting with the Lower Brule Tribe by Supporting SD Reservations http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/2012/07/11/visiting-with-the-lower-brule-tribe/#comment-16 Supporting SD Reservations Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:21:40 +0000 http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/?p=127#comment-16 *Correction for previous post. I apologize for the typo, it should read *1.1 million that Cheyenne River has not 11 million, my mistake.

Thank you, SSDR

]]> Comment on Visiting with the Lower Brule Tribe by mbecker http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/2012/07/11/visiting-with-the-lower-brule-tribe/#comment-15 mbecker Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:24:35 +0000 http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/?p=127#comment-15 Thanks for the comment and for reminding me that even though the Lower Brule seemed more economically stable there are still areas for improvement. I think you raised a good point as well, regarding the Native and non-Native owned land on the reservation. Many people at home were surprised to find that white homesteaders lived on the reservations and were unaware of the allotments that were created by the Dawes Act, thereby giving land promised to Native Americans to farmers and homesteaders.

]]> Comment on Visiting with the Lower Brule Tribe by Supporting SD Reservations http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/2012/07/11/visiting-with-the-lower-brule-tribe/#comment-14 Supporting SD Reservations Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:09:31 +0000 http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/?p=127#comment-14 We appreciate your visits and compliments and although we have visible progress, we are still faced with all the issues other reservations are facing.

With all due respect, No, it isn’t accurate. What your opinion and article fails to mention is that we are much smaller – 200,000 acres of land to manage compared to the 11 million that Cheyenne River has.

There is no guarantee that what you were seeing was even Native owned and operated farms, our land base is a checkerboard if you will of Native owned and non Native owned. We do have some progressive ideas on marketing and agriculture, but the profit margin is not yet high enough to make a huge impact on the community at large.

So we may have green grass and some wonderful programs to market agriculture, but we still have a high unemployment rate and still struggle to take care of our community members.

Sincerely, SSDR

]]> Comment on Cheyenne River and Eagle Butte by mbecker http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/2012/07/09/cheyenne-river-and-eagle-butte/#comment-13 mbecker Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:37:02 +0000 http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/?p=108#comment-13 Thanks. :-) . I use a word press site to upload, so it’s could be a word press issue. But thanks for the information.

]]> Comment on Into Pine Ridge by Josh http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/2012/06/28/into-pine-ridge/#comment-5 Josh Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:56:00 +0000 http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/?p=36#comment-5 Mona,
I went to the Badlands back in 1995 and it was amazing, but its sad to know what is going on in that area with the Lakota’s. The tourist centers didn’t tell that story. I’m enjoying your blog, it is very eye-opening.

]]> Comment on Into Pine Ridge by mbecker http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/2012/06/28/into-pine-ridge/#comment-3 mbecker Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:09:10 +0000 http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/?p=36#comment-3 Thank you, Florence. We have only been here a short time and it has already been an amazing learning experience!

]]> Comment on Into Pine Ridge by Florence http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/2012/06/28/into-pine-ridge/#comment-2 Florence Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:39:24 +0000 http://blog.mcdaniel.edu/lakotaexperience/?p=36#comment-2 Loving your thoughts and photos, Mona!

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